This week we’re pleased to introduce you to Sue Harper who, with her husband Pete, runs Sweet Loving Flowers supplying organic and seasonal wedding flowers for a stylish and sustainable wedding! Over to Sue:
Name: Sue Harper
Location: mid Wales
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business
Growing and selling seasonal cut flowers is something I’ve wanted to do for many years now.
My [...]
Posted in Bridalwear, Decorations and tableware, Ethical brides, Ethical gold, Ethical weddings, Flowers, Gift Lists, Green weddings, Invitations, Jewellery and accessories, Real ethical and green weddings, Shoes, Wedding cakes, Wedding dresses, Wedding rings on May 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’ve had a long absence from this blog… while I enjoyed my wedding and my month long honeymoon!
Everything was a huge success and Phil and I enjoyed every minute of our day. So here’s a little list of the best and the worst of our green successes and failures, for anyone who is planning to [...]
Posted in Bridalwear, Decorations and tableware, Eco wedding, Ethical brides, Ethical weddings, Flowers, Food and Drink, Green weddings, Invitations, Organic, Real ethical and green weddings, Wedding dresses, Wedding rings, Wedding stationery, Wedding venues on Apr 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
For today’s post, we’re delighted to feature an account from our wonderful web designers, Make Hay, of their preparations for their very soon-to-be-celebrated wedding! Over to Vicky…
As mine and Jez’s big day approaches and most of the preparations are in place I thought I would steal a little time to reflect and share my experience in planning our eco [...]
Well my big day is less than two weeks away. all my flowers have come up early (as perhaps I should have guessed they would) and I think they’ll be drooping before the big day comes.
So a few days ago I had a panic about bouquets!
There should still be enough plants in flower to do the [...]
Decorating my wedding venue with plants is becoming quite a creative project. I’ve been learning loads of new things about growing flowers and ivy… and last week I learned a whole new craft. My Mum and I visited Christine Brewster of www.stripeybasket.co.uk in Englefield, Reading, and learned willow weaving.
I had only ever previously had one [...]
Marrying in March means some of my home-grown decorations will be spring bulbs – daffodils and crocuses to bloom alongside my cyclamen and primroses, along with plenty of foliage and borrowed pot plants.
September, I have learned, is the month for planting your spring bulbs. So this weekend I was out buying crocus and daffodil bulbs [...]
This week Phil and I have been collecting cuttings of ivy, and planting them in seed trays to encourage them to root and start creeping across the greenhouse!
We are hoping that by March we will have many long ivy tendrils which we can plant alongside the primroses, daffodils and cyclamen in our table pots, to [...]
It’s great to know we’re not the only loonies trying to grow our own flowers for the wedding. I was delighted to read here on the blog that Sharon has begun by growing a poppy in the fire escape… it just goes to show you don’t have to live in the country to find out [...]
Posted in Flowers on Jun 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
In my blogger profile, I wrote about how my experience with a callous, overpriced florist was one of the events that prompted to me to look for DIY alternatives for my wedding. I deservedly received a few chuckles from friends when I told them I was going to start growing my own flowers. For [...]
Wedding planning went on hold during the recent stint of summery weather. I was busy planting things at the allotment, and also barbecuing in the garden with all our friends! After all, planning a wedding is much more fun if you sometimes get a breather, isn’t it?
But now the rain has come to water all [...]